Curtain-holder.



No. 826328. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

0. TBSSMANN. Y

CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 11, 1905.

117mm: Y Mimic/a:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO TESSMANN, OF MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO PAUL ESCHENBAOH, OF GROSS SALZE, GERMANY.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO TESSMANN, oflicer, a subject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, residing at 45 Arndtstrasse, Magdeburg, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention refers to a curtainfixture, and has the purpose of making the same adjustable to any desired length of the curtain-poles or curtains without necessitating, as has heretofore been the case, the removal of the holders from the wall and their being driven in at another place, through which not only was the wall greatly injured, but also a great deal of extra work, loss of time, and dirt were caused by the falling plaster.

The invention is illustrated in a form of construction given, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, which show, in

Figure 1, aside view of a movable apparatus driven in the wall Fig. 2, a side view of a stationary apparatus driven in the wall; Fig. 3, a general front view; Fig. 4, the front view of two bracket-like apparatus screwed onto the window; Fig. 5, the side view of the same.

The holder consists principally of a pair of coulisses, of which one is stationary, while the other holds the device for attaching the curtain-pole or curtain and is movably, attached to the first.

A coulisse a, of any-desired shape, here, by way of example, represented by a plate having a curved slot, holds an arm for attach- 'ment l), which is attached to the wall of the building directly, as is shown in Fig. 2, or indirectly, so that this coulisse a is stationary. The arm I) can also be placed into a pipe (I,

which has been driven into the wall 6, in-

which it can be pushed backward and forward and be made. stationary at any desired position therein by means of an adjusting screw; or the arm can also be made in the form of slotted rod f, which is shoved along a bracket 9 and is made stationary at any desired position on the latter by means of a screw h, Figs. 4 and 5. Such a bracket 9 is screwed onto the window-sill or in the windowening, whereby the wall remains uninjure and the device may be easily removed. Moving on the coulisse a, which lies parallel and generally close to the wall, is a second coulisse k, on which the hook for the curtain-pole or the knob for the chain or cord to hold back the curtains is attached. The two coulisses are connected, by means of a screw, with a thumb-nut n, reaching through both. This second coulisse can now, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, be attached in any desired position, by means of which the hook Z or the knob m can be rendered stationary at anv point within the circles described with the length of the coulisse 76 as a radius from any point, as a coulisse a, as a center.

If the curtain-poles to be used are longeror shorter than those which were formerly attached over the same Window, the hooks and knobs can be placed to suit the changed lengths without difliculty and the troublesome driving of. hooks in the wall, which was heretofore necessary, is not necessary. Herein is a decided advantage for the landlord, as well as for the tenants, as the wall always remains uninjured. The coulisses can also, as can be seen from Figs. 1, 4, and 5, be moved perpendicular to their openings. The hooks and knobs can therefore be placed as far from the wall as may be desired.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a curtain-fixture a plate having a curved slot, an arm for attachment on said plate, and a straight coulisse movable on the plate, a thumb-screw in the slot connecting the coulisse to the plate at any desired position, a pin terminating in an attaching member fastened to the end of said coulisse all as and for the purpose set forth.

2. .In a curtain-fixture a plate having a curved slot, a rod attached to the rear side thereof provided with a slot, a bracket at the window-sill, a thumb-screw connecting the slotted rod with the bracket, a straight coulisse movable on the aforesaid plate, a thumbscrew in the slot connecting the coulisse to the plate at any desired position, a pin terminating in an attaching member fastened to the end of said coulisse, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

v OTTO TESSMANN. Witnesses:

ERIOH PETERS, JAMES L. A. BURRELL. 

